RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS


	IN THE CASE OF:	  


	BOARD DATE:	  13 March 2007
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20060011066 


	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.


Mr. Gerard W. Schwartz

Acting Director

Ms. Wanda L. Waller

Analyst


The following members, a quorum, were present:


Mr. William Powers

Chairperson

Mr. Paul Smith

Member

Mr. Jerome Pionk

Member

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records.

	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including advisory opinion, if any).


THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE:

1.  The applicant requests reconsideration of an earlier request to correct his DD Form 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show award of the Purple Heart.

2.  The applicant states, in effect, that he was wounded in action on 4 April 1967 and was later awarded the Purple Heart at the Letterman General Hospital by a general officer.

3.  The applicant provides orders and an award certificate for the Purple Heart and two photographs. 

CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:

1.  Incorporated herein by reference are military records which were summarized in the previous consideration of the applicant's case by the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) in Docket Number AR20050013348 on 29 June 2006.

2.  The applicant provided a copy of Headquarters, 2d Surgical Hospital (Mobile Army) General Orders Number 32, dated 5 April 1967, which show he received the Purple Heart for wounds received in action on 4 April 1967 in Vietnam.  He also provided an award certificate for the Purple Heart and two photographs of him being awarded the Purple Heart.   

3.  The applicant’s submissions are new evidence which will be considered by the Board.

4.  The applicant was inducted on 6 April 1966.  He served as a light weapons infantryman in Vietnam and was released from active duty on 17 January 1968.  

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show the Purple Heart as an authorized award.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

Orders show the applicant received the Purple Heart.  Therefore, his DD Form 214 should be corrected to show this award.
 




BOARD VOTE:

_WP____  __PS____  _JP_____  GRANT FULL RELIEF

________  ________  ________  GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant amendment of the ABCMR’s decision in Docket Number AR20050013348, dated 29 June 2006.  As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by amending his DD Form 214 to add the Purple Heart.



__William Powers______
          CHAIRPERSON




INDEX

CASE ID
AR20060011066
SUFFIX

RECON
20060629
DATE BOARDED
20070313
TYPE OF DISCHARGE

DATE OF DISCHARGE

DISCHARGE AUTHORITY
 
DISCHARGE REASON

BOARD DECISION
GRANT
REVIEW AUTHORITY

ISSUES         1.
107.0015
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